And they laughed him to scorn (κα κατεγελων). "They jeered at him" (Weymouth). Note imperfect tense. They kept it up. And note als…

They laughed him to scorn.—Here again the verb implies continuous action.

And they laughed him to scorn.

Can you picture the scene? These people, who had been hired to weep and wail, had not much of the sp…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Those who were with the ruler of the synagogue thought that Christ was one of the prophets. For this …

On entering the house, Jesus asked why they were making such a commotion since the child was not dead but only asleep. On the surface this statemen…

And they laughed him to scorn
The servants of the house that had laid her out; and the neighbours and relations that…

We may suppose Jairus hesitating whether he should ask Christ to go on or not, when told that his daughter was dead. But do we not have as much occ…